These buildings were built with many intentional shortcuts (by design). The real tragedy however was to allow their construction in seismic zones. One of the re

These buildings were built with many intentional shortcuts (by design). The real tragedy however was to allow their construction in seismic zones. One of the reasons why so many people died in the Spitak earthquake is that many of these Khrushevkas collapsed like a house of cards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Armenian_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Armenian_earthquake